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Mosala’s mysterious death in a cell haunts BPS

Mosala family wth their attorney. PIC KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Mosala family wth their attorney. PIC KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The Mosala family in Bobonong is not about to give up the quest to get to the bottom of what really transpired when their daughter, Pedzani Mosala lost her life in police custody.

Having waited for over two years for an inquest report as ordered by Justice Michael Motlhabi of Lobatse High Court, the family is still looking for answers stating that the police have left them in the lurch. Through their attorney, Dr Tshepang Makwati, the family will be instituting legal proceedings demanding the inquest report which they have since requested for. The case originated from the mysterious death of Pedzani, then 22, on November 5, 2023 in a cell at the Kutlwano Police Station in Francistown.

Following the death, not convinced, the Mosala family filed a lawsuit against the Commissioner of Police, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Attorney General and Dr Mukeba Nkashama, demanding an independent pathology test on their daughter’s body.

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